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Beyond Terror and Martyrdom : The Future of the Middle East.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039551
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond Terror and MartyrdomDDC classification:
  • 363.3250956
LOC classification:
  • HV6433
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From the War on Terror to the Fiasco in Iraq -- 2. Martyrdom Operations among Shiites and Sunnis -- 3. The Third Phase of Jihad -- 4. Missteps of Multiculturalism -- 5. The Propaganda Battle in Europe -- 6. The Challenge of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West. This book sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt--neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From the War on Terror to the Fiasco in Iraq -- 2. Martyrdom Operations among Shiites and Sunnis -- 3. The Third Phase of Jihad -- 4. Missteps of Multiculturalism -- 5. The Propaganda Battle in Europe -- 6. The Challenge of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West. This book sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt--neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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